How did we get here?   America’s 32nd president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, declared in his fireside chat on December 29, 1940, ...

An analysis of data from 1999 through 2023 shows 93% of parks and wilderness areas saw improved air quality on clear days.

Gypsum dune fields at White Sands National Monument within the Chihuahuan Desert and the Tularosa Basin near Alamogordo, New ...

During a hike in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 1995, Don Barger climbed Chilhowee Mountain hoping to gaze across the valley below. All he saw was a wall of gray haze.

Ice Peaks was supposed to sprawl across Washington, from the Canadian border to Mount Adams. But politics got in the way.

The National Parks System is dropping access fees to all 400 parks on April 19. That date marks the start of National Parks ...

I visited all the major US national parks and ranked them based on factors like beauty and crowd size. My favorites include ...